HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Major Ideas of John Locke
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Central Themes of The Leviathan
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Principles of Niccolo Machiavelli
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Ideals of The Communist Manifesto
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Detailed explanation-1: -In political theory, or political philosophy, John Locke refuted the theory of the divine right of kings and argued that all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property and that rulers who fail to protect those rights may be removed by the people, by force if necessary.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reason, individualism and skepticism were three major ideas that came out of the Enlightenment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Locke’s theory of government postulates that societies in their original condition comprised only individuals, without government. Individuals in this “state of nature"9 pos-sessed certain inherent rights and liberties which existed inde-pendently of government.
Detailed explanation-4: -In simple terms, social contract theory asserts that government exists only by the consent of the people in order to protect basic rights and promote the common good of society.